It's good to see Wes Streeting making the link between healthy people and a healthy (and accessible) natural world - this is so important!

'Labour will deliver the Environment Act targets. We will halt the decline of British species by 2030. We will honour our international agreements to protect 30% of our land & seas by the same date' - good to see this unequivocal pledge from Steve Reed
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Kicking the can down the road, metaphorically & no doubt literally too. Other countries manage it with great results. Can it really be so difficult?

Today's report from Green Finance Institute quantifies the potential economic damage stemming from nature loss and has some dramatic conclusions, including up to an 18% hit on GDP by the end of the 2030s. 🌿📉

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🤔 How many products containing coal, oil or gas derived chemicals do you use every day?

Unfortunately, it's likely that the number is much higher than you would imagine.

Think:
🍎 Wax coating on fruit
👕 Your clothing
💊 Pharmaceuticals

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We've been thinking about alternatives to fossil fuels for chemicals for a while now at Green Alliance, and I'm pleased to see our report published today.

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Did you know most chemicals are made of fossil fuels? Washing up liquid, paracetamol, plastic bottles and polyester clothing are just a few examples of the chemical products which use coal, oil or gas as an ingredient.

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Rachel Reeves is right to want businesses 'in the room'. But beware of corporate capture: other interests with other perspectives need to be in the room too!
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Thanks to LCEF for plugging my blog on climate scepticism & why Labour needs to develop a plan for nature. You can read it here:
greenallianceblog.org.uk/2024/04/09/yes…

This is an excellent commitment. We'll look forward to seeing more detail about how all London rivers can be made safe for people and nature.

'There is an undeniable appetite for businesses to address the wasteful and destructive practices prevalent in the industry.'

In this blog, we delve deeper into the YouGov polling we commissioned for the Changing fashion report, released today.
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💡 New report

What do people want from a greener fashion industry? 👚

Read our analysis and recommendations to businesses and government here 👉bit.ly/3xL3yQj

#EarthDay2024

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Today at 12!

🧵by Richard Benyon demolishing Liz Truss's unfortunate piece in the Telegraph. It's important that the consensus on environmental action holds - not important for NGOs (yawn) but for the UK's prospects in a decarbonising world (&, of course, the state of the planet).

'We should call out the green lobby’s brazen anti-capitalist agenda', says Liz Truss. The many businesses Green Alliance works with seem pretty keen on the net zero, green growth agenda.
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Excellent article Shaun Spiers on how to avoid ‘green belt wars’. Important advice for The Labour Party.

The EU declares war on puffins.

Many MPs love to attack the regulators, but we won't get clean water without tougher regulation. And this isn't about attacking farmers either: supermarkets & consumers need to pay a proper price for milk.

This is shameful Ursula von der Leyen Virginijus Sinkevičius

Your regular reminder that 'unattractive' #GreenBelt can become very attractive, nature rich Green Belt.
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